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by Dwight V. Swain

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Techniques of the Selling Writer provides solid instruction for people who want to write and sell fiction, not just to talk and study about it. It gives the background, insights, and specific procedures needed by all beginning writers. Here one can learn how to group words into copy that moves, movement into scenes, and scenes into stories; how to develop characters, how to revise and polish, and finally, how to sell the product.

No one can teach talent, but the practical skills of the professional writer's craft can certainly be taught. The correct and imaginative use of these kills can shorten any beginner's apprenticeship by years.

This is the book for writers who want to turn rejection slips into cashable checks.

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You need to know only four things in order to write a solid story: how to group words into motivation-reaction units; how to group motivation-reaction units into scenes and sequels; how to group scenes and sequels into story pattern; how to create the kind of characters that give a story life.

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  • Title Techniques of the Selling Writer
  • Author Dwight V. Swain
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition New edition
  • Pages 344
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 1981-01-15
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9780806111919 / 0806111917
  • Weight 0.78 lbs (0.35 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.08 x 5.3 x 0.71 in (20.52 x 13.46 x 1.80 cm)
  • Category Reference
  • Library of Congress subjects Fiction - Authorship
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 73007419
  • Dewey Decimal Code 808.3

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  • Library Journal, 02/01/2016, Page 39
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